tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324334592024-08-28T16:34:00.709+08:00Many years ago I took a legal philosophy class under a law professor who responded to my conservative Christian views with the challenge, "Try living in a monolithic country." That was the first time I heard the term and thus this blog was born.attycorteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15716546947121873377noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32433459.post-34100033156549047762022-01-18T23:07:00.002+08:002023-07-26T15:30:28.016+08:00

 My other blog, as I mentioned in a previous post, is now more or less a repository of my legal articles, poems, sermons and devotionals. To distinguish this blog from the other one I intend MC (shortcut for Monolithic Country) to be a place where I can put my random reflections on anything on a daily basis. I guess the goal will be simply to improve my writing skills by actually writing

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I have another blog: attycortes.wordpress.com. There I post my poems, sermons, and devotionals. It started out as a blawg but quickly transformed into a Christian blog. That's fine with me actually as I think I've outgrown the desire to write legal articles. But I was thinking of a blog where I can put in my daily reflections on almost anything without the need of having to copy in full verses in

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I'm really, really retiring this blog! Won't delete it though. Just won't post in it anymore. My other - active - blogs are: - Philippine Theo Law Gee - Attycortes: Songs -Attycortes: Sermons

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Jeff Weintraub: Why it is vitally necessary to prevent the extinction of the final serial comma

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I find it difficult to maintain more than one blog. So I guess the thing to do is to concentrate on just one. That means Monolithic Country is going to go on hibernation mode, but I'm not going to delete it because it has a number of posts which can't be found in my other blog. My focus, however, will be on my other blog: Philippine Theo Law Gee. See you there!

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Switchpod, which hosts my podcasts for free, seems to have signed off for good. That means my podcasts which I've posted on this blog are gone for good. Anyhow, I still have some of my songs and sermons on the following websites: attycortessongs.tumblr.com and attycortessermons.tumblr.com.

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(Notes on a talk for the August 25, 2009 Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship summer camp at Humayan, Bago City, Negros Occidental, Philippines) I.DEFINITION AND EXPOSITION Discipling the Christian mind is simply disciplining and developing our mental powers, much in the same way you develop your body’s muscles, for the glory of God and for the sake of Christ (Matt. 22: 37; I Cor. 1:30, 2:16;

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Alright, so I'm back where I started. This blog originally started out as "Monolithic Country." Then, I changed it to "Original Philippine Sermons and Songs." Then, I changed it to "Philippine Theology." Now, it's back to "Monolithic Country." Anyway, we'll see what happens.By the way, my other blogs are:Philippine Theo Law Geeattycortesattycortes:sermonsattycortes:songs

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I am retiring this blog and transferring to attycortes.tumblr.com

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Here's a very good article on why we should sing praises to God. Click here.

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Text:(Ps. 85) INTRO: The Israelites were under heavy chastisement, because of their sins, and therefore in need of revival. Sin is often the cause of spiritual stagnation and misery (c.f. Ps. 31:9, 10; 32: 3,4; Lam. 3:1-20) However, Jn. 3:8. We do our part; the Spirit will do His. I. REMEMBER THE LORD’S PAST FAVOR. (vv.1-3) We have forgotten God. We have been deceived by sin’s pleasures.

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Acts 16:6-15 Introduction The Acts of the Apostles is actually about the Acts of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles. Although in this passage we see Paul heeding the Macedonian call, over and above this is the Holy Spirit who leads Paul to preach the gospel in Macedonia. To heed the call of missions or evangelism or ministry is ultimately to heed the call of the Spirit and to acknowledge the

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Distinguishing the Genuine from the Counterfeit (I John 1:5-10; 2:3-6; 2:7-11) INTRODUCTION: Integrity is synonymous with being real, genuine quality, being true. It is the opposite of hypocrisy, of pretending to be something you are not. My wife was in Japan some time ago where she bought a 100 gig external hard drive for me. She wanted to have it tested first, but the sales clerk just laughed

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Text: Matthew 18:3INTRODUCTION: To enter heaven a condition is required: conversion. The consequence for failing to comply with this condition is you won’t be allowed to enter in.I. CONVERSION IS NECESSARY. IN ORDER TO BE SAVED, THERE MUST BE A CHANGE IN US.• Our hardened hearts must be changed into humble hearts in order to enter heaven. (A child is a symbol of humble dependence on God) Why?

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Just discovered a very good Christian songwriter-singer and pianist too! Fernando Ortega. His songs are beautiful and heartwarming. Click here to know more about him as well as to listen to some of his songs.

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"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God..." (Rom. 12:1)Paul stirs up their sense of gratitude because that’s where true change begins: in the heart; otherwise, we will have nothing more than mere external reformation (e.f., Matt. 23: 27-28). Gratitude is allied to love which is supernaturally produced (Gal. 5: 22) and aroused/evoked in us by the sense of God’s loving us first (

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